Marian Smoluchowski
Institute of Physics

Jagiellonian University

Diploma thesis

System akwizycji danych dla modularnego skanera PET oparty na układach FPGA

Supervisor: dr Grzegorz Korcyl

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Defence year: 2020

The aim of the thesis was to design and implement a preprocessing system for tomographic data in FPGA devices. The system has been designed with high parallelism of calculations in mind, thanks to which it works in real-time. Additionally, applications were prepared for live-visualization of the results (i.e. Lines of Response). The paper describes the architecture of the CM-PET scanner (with which the implemented system has been integrated) and the technologies used. In the paper results of tests with the use of four CM-PET?s modules are presented. The estimated maximum system throughput is around 14 MSps.

Publications

ARTICLES

1. Hardware-agnostic framework for general-purpose data acquisition systems
   G. Korcyl, M. Bakalarek, P. Moskal
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   Measurement 257 (2026) 118528
   Modern data acquisition systems in physics experiments of various scales rely heavily on precise time synchronization of electronic components used for digitizing analog signals generated by detectors. Scientific collaborations often develop custom, in-house solutions designed for particular use cases that form ecosystems of compatible hardware platforms, protocols, and standards. In this work, we present and evaluate a set of gateware and software components that enable the implementation of complete data acquisition systems with synchronization, data transport, and control functionalities over multi-gigabit transceivers. The components can be organized to form a logical system structure, including the master, data concentrators, and endpoint modules, on virtually any hardware platform equipped with a Field-Programmable Gate Array with an exposed transceiver. The system allows for a rapid deployment of complete measurement systems with facilitated integration of new elements on both commercially available and custom-designed platforms.